March 11, 2010

More jobs, not lawsuits

Legal reform is under attack. The Texas Trial Lawyers Association and their allies are mounting an aggressive effort to rollback reform.

Can Texas afford to return to the days when it was the "world's courtfoom?" Legal reform has been a significant factor in the state's economic growth and business expansion.


Texas Drops in 2007 State Liability Rankings

Texas Drops in 2007 State Liability Rankings Texas dropped to 44th in the sixth annual lawsuit climate study released today by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform. The state was ...

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June 16, 2008


Texas Courts Improves in Nationwide Study

Texas Courts Improves in Nationwide Study For the first time since 2002, Texas is not among the nation's worst civil court jurisdictions, according to the American Tort Reform Foundation's seventh ...

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December 16, 2008


Don’t Rollback Tort Reform in Texas: Oppose SB 1309

Don’t Rollback Tort Reform in Texas: Oppose SB 1309 While well-intentioned, SB 1309 allows private bounty hunter plaintiffs to file lawsuits for “false” claims in the name of the ...

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June 16, 2008


Key Dates

April 22, 2009

House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Upon adjournment/recess E2.010

all key dates

Texas Drops in 2007 State Liability Rankings

Texas dropped to 44th in the sixth annual lawsuit climate study released today by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform

more

Don’t Rollback Tort Reform in Texas: Oppose SB 1309

While well-intentioned, SB 1309 allows private bounty hunter plaintiffs to file lawsuits for “false” claims in the name of the State of Texas and undoes several civil justice reform measures passed in the last three legislative sessions

more